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UN demands Sahel, West African nations to stamp out ISIL affiliates
Sopuruchi Onwuka Sahel and West African countries have been urged to take decisive, coordinated action rooted in the rule of law to eliminate ISIL-affiliated terrorist groups operating within their borders, as the threat posed by the extremist organization continues to…
EU designates Iran’s Revolutionary Guards a terrorist organisation
Ziggy Ojiegbe The 27 member European Union has designated Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization, citing Tehran’s violent crackdown on nationwide protests. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Thursday that the decision was agreed…
China executes 11 over $1bn scam operations that killed 14 citizens
Chinese authorities have executed 11 people convicted of killing 14 Chinese citizens and running large-scale online scam and gambling operations worth more than $1 billion, according to an official court statement released on Thursday. The Wenzhou Intermediate People’s Court said…
Human trafficking thrives fully on corruption, UN report finds
Ziggy Ojiegbe Human trafficking on a large scale would not be possible without corruption by border guards, public officials, and other actors who look the other way in exchange for money or sexual favors, or who are themselves coerced, according…
Iran leads with 1,500 executions as death sentences surged in 2025 — UN
Frank Okon Iran and several neighbouring Middle Eastern countries with restricted democratic space recorded high numbers of executions in 2025, contributing to a global surge in death sentences, the United Nations has said. Despite a long-term global decline in the…
Atrocious war crimes ‘repeated town by town’ in Sudan, UN Security Council told
Ziggy Ojiegbe Atrocities in Sudan’s Darfur region are spreading from town to town in an organised campaign of violence involving mass executions, rape and ethnic targeting, amounting to war crimes and crimes against humanity, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has…
Norway princess’s son to be tried for rape, drug
Norwegian prosecutors have confirmed that Marius Borg Høiby, the son of Crown Princess Mette-Marit, will stand trial from February 3 through March at the Oslo District Court over multiple rape allegations and other criminal charges. Prosecutors said Høiby, 29, is…
Iran government admits killing over 5,000 protesters
* Doctors cite higher death tolls Ziggy Ojiegbe Iranian authorities have acknowledged that more than 5,000 people were killed during recent protests across the country, while doctors and independent reports claim the actual death toll may be more than three…
UN dismayed as Iran admits killing 3,000 protester
Frank Okon The United Nations has expressed alarm after an Iranian official acknowledged that around 3,000 people have been killed amid the ongoing crackdown on nationwide protests. An Iranian official told The New York Times on Tuesday that the death…
Nigeria splatters N13.2 bn on countering claims of Christian slaughter
Move aimed at averting possible sanctions and military action Ziggy Ojiegbe The Federal Government under President Bola Tinubu has spent an estimated $9 million (about N13.2 billion) on lobbying efforts in Washington as it seeks to counter allegations of widespread…
